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What’s all this new noise about Taylor Swift’s master recordings? Let me try to explain.

November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 Alan Cross 2 Comments Ithaca Holdings, Scooter Braun, Shamrock Capital, Taylor Swift

If you’ve been following the tale of Taylor Swift’s master recordings–the actual source of all music from her first six

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Random music news for Friday, April 24, 2020

April 24, 2020April 23, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beatles, Billy Joel, Concerts, Eminem, Live Music, Marianne Faithfull, Minecraft, Phones, Pussy Riot, Radio, Rolling Stones, Scooter Braun, Sonos, Taylor Swift, Wu-Tang Clan

This former Disney Channel star is now doing porn. The Mouse is not pleased. Just thought I’d drop that before

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Random music news for Friday, February 14, 2020

February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments 5G, Backstreet Boys, Cassettes, CBD, Corona Virus, Covd-10, Cure, Justin Bieber, Martin Scorsese, Ozzy, Robert Smith, Scooter Braun, Sean Spicer, Slowthai, Stephen Street, Wu-Tang Clan

In case you missed it, the corona virus now has an official name: Covid-19. While you ponder that, here’s music

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Music Industry 

Random music news for Thursday, January 23, 2020

January 23, 2020January 22, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amazon Music, Apple, Deborah Dugan, Grammys, Headstones, Hugh Dillion, John Travolta, Metallica, Payola, Scooter Braun, Slipknot, Spotify, Super Bowl Halftime Show, Terry Jones

My winter speaking tour starts tonight. Details here. Maybe we’ll end up discussing the music news of January 23, 2020.

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Then there’s this: Scooter Braun’s Instagram post address to Taylor Swift

November 25, 2019November 24, 2019 Alan Cross 2 Comments Scooter Braun, Taylor Swift

If you’ve been following the drama ginned up by Taylor Swift against Scooter Braun regarding the use of her music

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Random music news for Saturday, November 23, 2019

November 23, 2019November 22, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Concert Tickets, Facebook, Foo Fighters, Grammys, Neil Young, Nick Cave, Radio, Scooter Braun, Taylor Swift

Bell had problem with a cable near my house. I haven’t had a land line since Thursday. Funny how it

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UPDATE: Let me try to explain the latest Taylor Swift beef with her old manager and record company.

November 18, 2019November 18, 2019 Alan Cross 2 Comments Big Machine, Scooter Braun, Scott Borchetta, Taylor Swift

[This version of the article contains new details and updates to the original post from November 15. – AC] Taylor

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Random music news for Tuesday, July 23, 2019

July 23, 2019July 22, 2019 Alan Cross 1 Comment A$SP Rocky, Justin Bieber, Queen, Ryan Adams, Scooter Braun, Taylor Swift, YouTube

My summer speaker tour has reached Edmonton. If you want to join me tonight, go here. Canadian music sales and

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Random music news for Saturday, July 13, 2019

July 13, 2019July 12, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Barbie, Brian Johnson, E-sports, Lil Kim, Scooter Braun, Ticketmaster, YouTube

This was Live Aid day in 1985. Yes, it was that long ago. Moving on to music news for July

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Music Industry 

This Taylor Swift-Big Machine-Scooter Braun thing continues to get distorted and weird.

July 3, 2019July 3, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Big Machine, Scooter Braun, Scott Borchetta, Taylor Swift

If you’re unclear about the source of all the drama that’s got Taylor Swift and the Swifties all riled up,

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So what’s this big music industry dust-up between Taylor Swift and Big Machine? Here’s a step-by-step explanation.

July 1, 2019July 2, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Big Machine, Ithaca Holdings, Scooter Braun, Scott Borchetta, Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift lost her sh*t over the weekend when news came out that her former manager Scott Borchetta sold Big

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